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by Thlom 6y ago
If they are so rich and forward thinking, why do they use slave labor?
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by Thlom 6y ago
It's the brake disc. Some rust on the surface is not a big problem, but if it starts digging in to the metal mass it will cause reduced brake capacity. In Europe a car with lots of rust on the brake disc will not be certified for use (
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by Thlom 6y ago
EVs don’t actually use the brakes much as they often have very aggressive regeneration. Rust on underused brakes is a problem on my EV at least. :-)
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by Thlom 6y ago
Can mass personal car usage ever be sustainable? Just the land use to support car usage is insane.
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by Thlom 6y ago
Maybe. To me Communism has always been an utopia. A class less society where we all can indulge in different kinds of work and pleasure together with our equals in society. As Marx wrote, a society where you can "hunt in the morning, f
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by Thlom 6y ago
I just want to chime in to say that it's true everyone benefits from roads, but not everyone benefits from ever wider roads and huge traffic machines. Delivery trucks and ambulances and what have you do not need 8 lanes and clover junc
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by Thlom 6y ago
Yes, but it's the mass car usage that have caused Australian, American and many European cities to spread out to such an extent that walking or cycling or even transit is no longer an option for most people.
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by Thlom 6y ago
My kid play on her tablet or iPhone (mostly). I notice there is a chat window, but don't think she pays much attention to it. She and her friends use facetime for in-game communication.
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by Thlom 6y ago
And some people commute by airplane every day.
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by Thlom 6y ago
In digital cinema the projector and the playback server does a handshake and key exchange before you can play encrypted content.The rest of this story might not be entirely correct, I've been out of the business for a few years and thi
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by Thlom 6y ago
I get that some might want to use masks forever, but to me it's alienating. We are already quite isolated from our community in our homes and in our cars, if everyone starts wearing masks at normal places to meet other people in the co
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by Thlom 6y ago
Best strawberries in the world are found in a small valley on the west coast of Norway where the combination of late summer, cool nights and long summer days with lots of sunlight makes for a long ripening process and perfect strawberries.
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by Thlom 6y ago
It's not a documentary.
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by Thlom 6y ago
If you choose to miss out then watching other people having fun on snapchat is no problem. The anxiety and/or depression kicks in when you see your friends or social group having fun together without you when you never were invited in
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by Thlom 6y ago
Because it's tedious. 1. Music is a commodity, everything should be available everywhere all the time. I don't care about "owning" my music, I care about listening to music. 2. Quality is good enough on Spotify. I'm
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by Thlom 6y ago
Born to love a mediocre soccer team. They were always playing in the second or third tier when I was growing up, but just as I turned 18 they took the step up to the top tier. There were some years going up and down before they kind of stab
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by Thlom 6y ago
The new generation Sonos support airplay2, so I guess so. To an extent at least.
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by Thlom 6y ago
No one is calling all white people racist?
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by Thlom 6y ago
On the other hand, how many kids are killed by huge SUV's bought to fit the third child seat where the driver can't see a children in front of their car?
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by Thlom 6y ago
It's common to ride without a helmet in countries where cycling is a normal activity. Basically Netherlands, Denmark, parts of Belgium, Germany and France. Where cycling is mostly a leisure activity on the weekends and for enthusiasts,
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by Thlom 6y ago
The Scandinavian bosses didn't just opt to trust the employees. Spying on employees is illegal in (most of?) Scandinavia as far as I know. (By the way, I have the same experience re: British/Scandinavian labor culture)
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by Thlom 6y ago
The problem in the US is that you have labor laws that do not protect workers, so private citizens have all the free speech in the world, but they can't use it out of fear of being fired. And there's no free speech in the work pla
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by Thlom 6y ago
Maybe more transit, but it doesn't really help when it's not usable for folks. The biggest difference between US and Europe I've noticed (except that everything is bigger in the US) is the lack of grocery stores in the US. Th
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by Thlom 6y ago
Sad that your mother in law can't go to Costco on her own because she can't drive anymore.
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by Thlom 6y ago
When the mundane task of cycling is seen as some risk activity, there is something wrong. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that the health benefits of regular cycling far outweighs the relative risk of cycling, even in places that is hostile to
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by Thlom 6y ago
Slower speeds means cars drive closer together which means throughput increases (to a point). I think around 60km/h is generally considered the speed which yields the biggest throughput of cars.
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by Thlom 6y ago
I drive an "old" e-golf with the kids all winter. No problem with winter tires (no studs).
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by Thlom 6y ago
Huge parts of Europe are also car dependent and we also have urban sprawl.
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by Thlom 6y ago
Talking about undemocratic ...
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by Thlom 6y ago
In northern Europe 90+% of children between 1 and 6 attends daycare. Both the very rich and the very poor. It's a very good way for the kids to learn critical social skills and having fulfilling days. But I do appreciate the huge diffe

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